ELENA'S POV
Viviana was still crouched in front of me. Seraphine's hand was still on my shoulder. The coals in the fire pit had burned lower while I was in the vision and the hall was colder than it had been.
"Cain," Seraphine said. Just the name. Like she was testing the weight of it.
"You know who he is," I said.
"Yes." She took her hand off my shoulder and stood up slowly. "I was hoping I wouldn't have to explain him for several more chapters of your education."
She looked at the dying coals. "Help me with the fire. This is going to take a while."
We built the fire back up and sat around it, the three of us, while Seraphine talked.
Cain was not a vampire.
He predated vampires. Predated werewolves.
Predated almost every supernatural classification that currently existed. He wa
